2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia

2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia
Manager	Michael Bradley
Tour captain(s)	Brian O'Driscoll
Top test point scorer(s)	Dan Carter (11)
Top test try scorer(s)	6 players tied with 1 try
Summary	P W D L
Total	02 00 00 02
Test match	02 00 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
New Zealand	1 0 0 1
Australia	1 0 0 1
Tour chronology
Previous tour	Argentina 2007
Next tour	Canada and USA 2009

The 2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia was a series of matches played in June 2008 in New Zealand and Australia by Ireland national rugby union team.

Matches

Saturday 7 June 2008

New Zealand	21–11	Ireland
Try: Sivivatu 14' m Nonu 61' c Con: Carter Pen: Carter (3)	Report[1]	Try: P. Wallace 21' m Pen: O'Gara (2)

Westpac Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 33,743 Referee: Chris White

Mils Muliaina	FB	15	FB	Rob Kearney
Anthony Tuitavake	W	14	W	Shane Horgan
Conrad Smith	C	13	C	Brian O'Driscoll (capt.)
Ma'a Nonu	C	12	C	Paddy Wallace
Sitiveni Sivivatu	W	11	W	Tommy Bowe
Dan Carter	FH	10	FH	Ronan O'Gara
Andy Ellis	SH	9	SH	Eoin Reddan
Jerome Kaino	N8	8	N8	Jamie Heaslip
(capt.) Richie McCaw	F	7	F	David Wallace
Rodney So'oialo	F	6	F	Denis Leamy
Ali Williams	L	5	L	Paul O'Connell
Brad Thorn	L	4	L	Donncha O'Callaghan
John Afoa	P	3	P	John Hayes
Andrew Hore	H	2	H	Jerry Flannery
Neemia Tialata	P	1	P	Marcus Horan
		Replacements
Keven Mealamu	H	16	H	Rory Best
John Schwalger	P	17	P	Tony Buckley
Anthony Boric		18		Mick O'Driscoll
Adam Thomson	F	19	N8	Shane Jennings
Jimmy Cowan		20	SH	Peter Stringer
Stephen Donald		21	FB	Geordan Murphy
Leon MacDonald	P	22		Girvan Dempsey
		Coaches
Graham Henry				Declan Kidney

Saturday 14 June 2008

Australia	18–12	Ireland
Try: Barnes 6' m Horwill 21' c Con: Giteau Pen: Giteau (2)	Report[2]	Try: Leamy 15' c O'Driscoll 62' m Con: O'Gara

Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 41,700 Referee: Christophe Berdos

Cameron Shepherd	FB	15	FB	Rob Kearney
Peter Hynes	W	14	W	Shane Horgan  59'
(capt.) Stirling Mortlock	C	13	C	Brian O'Driscoll (capt.)  71'
Berrick Barnes	C	12	C	Paddy Wallace
Lote Tuqiri	W	11	W	Tommy Bowe
Matt Giteau	FH	10	FH	Ronan O'Gara
78' Luke Burgess	SH	9	SH	Peter Stringer  51'
75' Wycliff Palu	N8	8	N8	Jamie Heaslip
George Smith	F	7	F	Shane Jennings  25'
70' Rocky Elsom	F	6	F	Denis Leamy
Nathan Sharpe	L	5	L	Paul O'Connell
James Horwill	L	4	L	Donncha O'Callaghan
59' Matt Dunning	P	3	P	John Hayes  53'
74' Stephen Moore	H	2	H	Rory Best  51'
Benn Robinson	P	1	P	Marcus Horan  74'
		Replacements
74' Adam Freier	H	16	H	Jerry Flannery  51'
59' Al Baxter	P	17	P	Tony Buckley  53'
70' Dean Mumm	L	18		Mick O'Driscoll
75' Phil Waugh	N8	19	F	Stephen Ferris  25'
78' Sam Cordingley	SH	20	SH	Eoin Reddan  51'
Ryan Cross		21	W	Geordan Murphy  59'
Adam Ashley-Cooper		22	C	Girvan Dempsey  71'
		Coaches
Robbie Deans				Declan Kidney

Touring Party

• Manager: Michael Bradley
• Captain: Brian O'Driscoll

Backs

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See also

• History of rugby union matches between Australia and Ireland
• History of rugby union matches between Ireland and New Zealand

References